Botany and Ormiston Times : Howick and Botany Times Wednesday May 7 2014

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www.times.co.nz BOTANY BEAT is a free community notice-board for non-profit groups. Send notices to paulinew@times.co.nz, fax 271 8073, post to PO Box 259-243 Botany, Auckland 2163 or drop into our office at Times House, 50 Stonedon Dr, East Tamaki. Healthy hearts THE Cardiac Club, proudly supported by the Heart Foundation, offers friendly support, rehabilitation and guidance towards prevention at the Nixon Centre, Sale Street, Howick, on Thursdays at 10am. Phone Joyce on 537-0036 or Kath on 298-4577. Plant family SOUTH Auckland Forest & Bird’s annual general meeting is on May 12, 7.30pm, at Haseler Hall, All Saints Church, Howick. Tree and plant enthusiast Mike Wilcox talks about legumes, a large worldwide plant family. Environment trail COME for a free guided walk with your local park ranger. The Volcano to Sea Walk, Pigeon Mountain to Wakaaranga Creek Reserve, May 13, 9.30am to noon, from 54R Pigeon Mountain Road. Meet at the car park. For enquiries, phone the Auckland Council on 301-0101. Blooming orchids HOWICK Orchid Society meets on May 11 at Howick RSA, Wellington Street, at 1.30pm. Glenn shows slides of her trip to the national parks of north-east Thailand looking at wild orchids. Afternoon tea, orchid plant raffles, flowers displayed, visitors welcome, entry $2. Phone Anton on 537-1251. Grieving parents THE Compassionate Friends is a peer support group that helps parents who have experienced the death of a child, meeting on the second Monday of each month at All Saints Church, Howick, at 7.30pm. The next meeting is on May 12, all welcome, no charge. For more details or to register, phone Dianne on 533-0222. Social dancing THE Diamond Dancers are running social dance classes on May 8, 13, 20 and 29 at Te Tuhi Centre, 13 Reeves Road, Pakuranga, at 7.30pm. Phone Virginia or Albert on 576-9275. Fashion parade 60’S Up Pakuranga meets on May 13 at Te Tuhi Centre at 9.30am. We’re having our Millers Fashion Parade, so come along and see our senior models. Members can pay for the trip to the airport and lunch at Butterfly Creek next month, $30. New members welcome. Phone Maureen on 534-5150 or Bonnie on 273-7538. Tracing ancestry PANMURE branch of the NZ Society of Genealogists meets at the Family Research Centre, 159 Queens Road, on May 13, 5pm for own research and 7.30pm for meeting, supper later. The topic is A Village in my Family. For enquiries, phone Vivienne on 578-2525. Single parenting THE Parenting Through Separation programme at Willowbank School is for parents in the process of separating, or who have. It’s a free programme by a psychologist from Triple P NZ Ltd with a Family Court lawyer. The next sessions are on May 14 and 21 from 7-9pm. For details, phone Triple P on 5791794, or refer online to website www.triplepcentre.net.nz. Anniversary dinner PAKURANGA Choral is turning 40. Are you a past member of the Pakuranga Choral Society and would like to attend the celebratory dinner on May 23? Phone Sylvia on 534-9093 or Diana on 576-1438 with your name, address and phone number. Traditional jazz THE Vintage Jazz Band plays at the Nixon Centre, Sale Street, Howick, from 7.30-10pm on May 9. Members $10, non $15, cash bar, all welcome. Phone Peter on 534-4541 for more information. Board games IT’S family time at Botany Library. The Super Sunday Board Game Club is on the second Sunday of the month from 3-4pm. Bring along a board game and challenge someone for an exciting game and make new friends. It’s recommended for the entire family. Phone the library on 272-0010. Young at heart SELWYN Centre for Young@ Heart’s Pamper Day for gold card holders is on May 14 from 10am to midday at All Saints Community Hall, 30 Cook Street, Howick, $10 includes Devonshire tea. For details and bookings, phone Mary on 535-1563. Senior discussions ‘A TYPICAL day/week in the life of village living’, with speakers Peter Lane, sales manager, and Glenys Peterson, activities co-ordinator at Dannemora Gardens, is on May 14, 11.30am to 1pm, lunch included, at Dannemora Gardens, 30 Matarangi Drive, Botany. RSVP is essential by May 9 to Suzanne, at Mike Pero Real Estate, phone 215-2787. Ormiston information A COMMUNITY information meeting to look at the latest designs and ideas for the new Flat Bush Town, which will see 36,000 people living in the area by 2025, is held at 6.30-8.30pm on May 15 at Ormiston Senior College, 274 Ormiston Road. Tea and coffee provided. RSVP to nichola.painter@aucklandcouncil. govt.nz. Need a Hearing Aid but Can’t Afford it? 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